Nosocomial diarrhea in the intensive care unit

We made an epidemiological case-control study to examine risk factors for the development of diarrhea in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a public hospital in Santo André, SP, from January to October 2002. Forty-nine patients with diarrhea (cases) and 49 patients without diarrhea (controls), matched...

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Main Author: Marcon,Ana Paula (author)
Other Authors: Gamba,Mônica Antar (author), Vianna,Lucila Amaral Carneiro (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2006
Subjects:
Nosocomial infections
diarrhea
antibiotics
intensive care
Clostridium difficile
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702006000600005
Country:Brazil
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